This nude study depicts a woman with long blonde hair standing with her back to the artist. Using graphite, pastel, and ink on a watercolour background, Josse creates a mixed media effect that gives depth to the figure.
Signed to the lower right.
On wove.Even discolouration and some surface marks.
57.7 x 40cm (22.7" x 15.7")Sheet: 59.9 x 42.8cm (23.6" x 16.9")
From a substantial collection of figurative and other works by the French artist Francois Xavier Josse (1910-1991).
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Born in Nantes, France in 1910, Francois Xavier Josse was a French painter and sculptor who specialised in life drawings of nude female models.
He studied at Beaux-Arts in Nantes before moving to Paris to further his studies at the Academies of the Grand-Chaumière and the Colarossi Academy in 1930. A retrospective of his work was organised in Paris in 1989.
| SKU | qx097 |
|---|---|
| Artist | Francois Xavier Josse (1910-1991) |
| Date | 20th Century |
| Dimensions | 57.7 x 40cm |
| Medium | Graphite |
| Subject | Nudes |
| Item Returns | This item can be returned |
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